[The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2) by Anatole France]@TWC D-Link bookThe Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2) INTRODUCTION 52/136
From these letters also we see how very far from accurate is Jean Chartier's account of the capitulation of the city and how insufficient, especially considering the character of the witness, is the evidence of Dunois on this subject.[74] [Footnote 74: Varin, _Archives legislatives de la ville de Reims_, 2nd part; _Statuts_, vol.i, p.
596; _Trial_, vol.iv, pp.
284 _et seq._] Four or five records throw a faint light here and there on the obscurity which shrouds the unfortunate campaign on the Aisne and the Oise. The registers of the chapter of Rouen, the wills of canons and sundry other documents, discovered by M.Robillard de Beaurepaire in the archives of Seine-Inferieure, serve to correct certain errors in the two trials.[75] [Footnote 75: E.Robillard de Beaurepaire, _Recherches sur le proces de condamnation de Jeanne d'Arc_, Rouen, 1869, in 8vo [_Precis des travaux de l'Academie de Rouen, 1867-1868_, pp.
321-448]; _Notes sur les juges et les assesseurs du proces de condamnation de Jeanne d'Arc_, Rouen, 1890, in 8vo [_Precis des travaux de l'Academie de Rouen, 1888-1889_, pp.
375-504].] How many other detached papers, all valuable to the historian, might I not enumerate! Surely this is another reason for mistrusting records false or falsified, as, for example, the patent of nobility of Guy de Cailly.[76] [Footnote 76: _Trial_, vol.v, pp.
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